The Sun. — London, England, 1809-12-05 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWs. FALMOUTH, DEC. 2.—Sailed thy iPoisingham, With two. Mails for. Listion ; and Humber armed ship for the Downs. PORTSMOUTH, DEC; 4.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Sarpedon, with a large • convoy, for the Downs ; and Sally, of Portsmouth, GREEN, for ditto. Arrived in harbour the Bonaventure front New Brunswick. DEAL, DEC. 5.--Arrived the Fairy transport from Halifax ; parted company the 3d November off the Banks of Newfoundland from the Squirrel sloop of war., having under ,her convoy six more transports ; observed one of them, the Pallas, to bear up for arbadoes, with the loss of her main-mast and fore top-mast, and in a very ieaky state. The Fairy saw . • nothing of them afterwards. • Arrived .the Huilzber' armed ship from the West- Ward. • SHEERNESS, DE C . 4 ---Sailed his Majesty's sloop acprey, with a convoy to the Baltic. is - Arrived his M ojesty's ship Crane from Deal, after having been aground. • . . . GRENOCK,. DEc., t.—Tlie Sir Edward Pellew, Orr, arrived twre'y ei.ttirday, from Deitwrira ; sailed thence the 1 tth October.—Lett loading, The Sisters, Cameron, for Clyde; the Caledovia, Thomson ; and Braganza, —, for Liverpool; all expected to sail in fifteen days - atterwards..—On the 21st, in lat. 16. long. 56,' picked up a boat with Captain o , the brig (george, of London, from Cork to 'ao.tait.a, his Mate, 1 seaman, and 3 boys,._which ves ..,6el foundered three d'ciys,before, when one boy went m.,,(Avn in her; they must. have all perished had the Sir. Edward Pellew- not hove in sight, as. it , came on to bloW very hard and a heavy sea bliortly after ; the above persons came here in the Edward Pellew. On the 6th November, in lat. 37. 35: long. 38. 30. ''as chased by a brig, which Captain .Orr supposed \vas a . French privateer, during that night and the following day, when it came on dark, Capt. Orr al ered his course and , escaped; the privateer was at one time within three miles of the Sir Edward Pel i.ew ; on the 15th, in lat. 44. 10. long. 36. 46. saw 4 , sail a-head, which, on nearing, proved to he. a Farciae, with twe.white.mouldings-on her sides and stein, Water-logged, only her mizen mast standing, , 11 ' 1 no person on board; could not learn her name; "PPosea she was loaded with wood. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. ~ rankfort .lnsolent, tor L'Union and cargo on the 4th inst. at No. r", -place, Plymouth; recalled for tour months. Tigress, Por the Tetzomime den Risken, on the Ist, at " 0 . 1 3, Great George-street, Westminster; recalled for three rnonths. Eclipse, for the Romeo,on,the sth, on board, at Ply mouflt recalled, as above, for three months. rs lris, for the Andrea Margaretta, on the 9th inst. at No. ‘ ; Lcil-street, Strand; recalled as direded by the Ad. Lynx, for the Prussian ship Pontine, and Tagten Sophia Cecilia, on her arrival in port, on the 9th inst. recalled as ve. actin, f-)r the'MercuriuS, on the 9:h inst. at No. tl, Ce- S traud ; 'recal led same pla , minerva, for the jackdaw (recapture), on board, on her Ar val at Plymouth. . . THE THEATRE.—There Was a very numerous I n ''ldlence last night in Covent-Garden Theatre, at s"arepreseritation of ‘ Othe/ie. . Mr. YOnNo, in the I :Presentation of the gallant and unfortunate Moor, i 'tielayed great judgment; anckupported the charac= . ter ~.throughout withxpression. COOKE, as usual, 4 1 very .forcible in lug o: The part. of Cassio was admirably supported by _CuAttLes KEMBLE, and it '; With much pleasure we stale, that all the illiberal f e elings which atone time.prevailed against this per- . °rat e r, . appear to. have given way . to just and ge- te r ous , for he received much applause 1 (4 his efforts- last night, without the -faintest indica- t o `"of hostility.* At the end of• the third. as the . , r• squadron entered the field,' but they did not ;''''lster in great strength, nor was there much vio ,ence in their operaticins. - SO= Peace Officers at- • tempted to take into custody two or three persons irho seemed to bc niost acilive -in stimulating the apposition, but the friends of the parties were so ;esolute and strenuous id . defending theta, -that we telitne they escaped. The Ghost and the Demons, ") Don Juan, instead of exciting awe and terror, 4 4 forded much merriment L) the 'opponents of the Z ' ir prices, and gave occasion to some ludicrous 'lamations• • Upon the whole, though them was 41, I L eh Inoise and interruption, the hostility seemed °be "rather more of a whimsical than a ferocious i e seription, end' 'manifested -altogether a declining 11 triv._ The usual groans and cheers took place, °lter which the crowd quietly dispersed.. Th e farce of Nut at Honze, which, had .been as cribed t o Mr. PococK, jun. a very ingenious young 'krtist . , was written by Mr. DALLAS, a Gentleman ! - acknowledged talents in - the province of novel writi ng , . , 1 The following Regiments have received orders to , 411, 1 .at Portsmouth, from Walcheren, and to march 0 ! foll ows :-sth -foot,- Ist • bar. to ;Bexhill ; loth 1 . 110 , 2d • bat: to Hailsham Barracks; 14th ditto, ,1 aeons, to Steyning ; 26th and 32d to ditto; tst bat - I . % !ions, with the 51st 2d battalion, to Horsham . ; kith and 77th ditto, 2d battalions, to Chichester; el. t 4 t ditto, 2d battgliOn, to Blachington ; 82d' (4 4) , 2d battalion, to Lewes.—The following is the Vtination of those ordered to the Kent distria : Ca 6th infantry to Dover ; 38th and 91st to . 4 ornehfre i 68th, ;85th, and list, to 'Brabourne e s. And in order to make room for their acconi-• tti ,adation, the following movements will take place 11 :le Montgomery. Militia froM Dover to Secenoaks; kr 2 d bat. of the 50th infantry from Shorricliffe to h . v erhill,- in Sussex ; and the 2d bat. of the 52d :al the same place, to Fort Pitt, Chatham : this . b t a i rnent marches in two divisions. The above will e l disembarked eithet at Ramsgate or Driver, toge -14,4 with the.36th, Ist battalion ; 50th, Ist batta ;, i and Ist and 2d light battalions of the King's tii et' s r n'an Legion, which are destined for the Sussex. q i r td., 'and ordered .to march to .Hythe, from . li,, e tlee they are to be conveyed by the . Royel , Mi - - 'ary e. i ex k-anal to their respeaive cantoements in s- Iq r. ; the 36th-at Battle; the 30th at Silverhill ; and, 1 / 4 : Ist and . t'd of the &ills Garll4ll Lesion at , It hi_ ll Barracks. -.• . . SPAAisn P.XPERS. . Szvrai, Nov. 16.—The head-quarters .of the 'array of La Mancha are still at 1)05 Barrios ,and the .Vanguard and first division at Ocana, Where our troops overthrew the French who dared to oppose them. Our cavalry is near Aranjuez.„ The enemy disputes every foot of ground, and a battle is every moment expected in that _quarter. General Bernay, with 52000 'cavalry, fought bravely ,at Altnonacid ; bUt a reinforcement of 5000 infantry and some ca valry which the enemy received, obliged him to re turn to his position at Mora, from whence he ob serves the movements of the French division, which covers Toledo. The Duke del Parqde occupies the pass of Banos and the bridge of Bojar. Although the Duke of Albuquerque has for the present fallen back, it is known that he will return to cover the Tagus. The relief which is stated to have been given to Gerona, with provisions for 20 days, requires con firmation. It is said, that a sortie of the garrison, combined with a movement ,of the troops under Blake, enabled the succour to penetrate, at the point of the bayonet, through the enemy's line; and to reach the, square _where there are seven mills pro-; tetted by batteries. That army and that garrison have performed so many prodigies of valour, that this fresh instance ought not the surprise us : never 7 theless, we wish not to state it positively till we know it officially. Another expedition against Naples is preparing at Sicily. A ship 'of the line, a frigate, several gun boats, and 15 transports, have already sailed trom Messina, and steered towards Calabria ; it seems that they threaten Gallipoli. The English have lanced in considerable force at Policastro. Murat has demanded assistance from the French divisions wnich are in tlie.Pontifical States. It appears that the enemy intended to surprise our army of the centre in the rear, direeting its march towards Tembleque by Almonacid ; but the mili tary talent of our General in Chief has prevented this diversion; and, besides, he has sent a reinforce ment to the bridge of Despena Perras, without in terrupting his march towards the capital. It is pro bable that the surprised and intercepted will be the . French. Some of our scouts have engaged the ene my at the Rugal ; the result has been to our advan tage, and has accredited the honour of our cavalry. The head-quarters are at (Deana, SEVIL4.E, Nov. 18.—Tlie army of . La Mancha completed the bridge on the night ofttie 12th inst. ,and two battalions have already passed . the Tagus, to reconnoitre the „ right bank. The whole army was afterwards to follqw, except a diVision which was to aet on another point. The troops have made a march extremely painful ; which could not have been performed by soldiers less ckscipline..l. and en thusiastic. The head-quarters . have removed from Dos Barrios to Santa Cruz de la Zarza.. ' TiIIR4GONA, Nov. s.—Admiral Collingwood hai just informed our General of his having taken 15 of the 20 ships escorted by the French squadpnl ; of having destroyed the three men of war, ata,i the five remaining tranvorts which took refuge in Rosas had been burnt ; • in a word, that the whole convoy had been completely destrOyed. It is now four o'clock ; and we are-celebrating the success of the arms of our allies with disch2.lges-of artillery. MANRESA,' OCT. 22.—"C00: of a dispatch ad dressed to the Governor of Matona, &c. by Don Francisco de'Den, Commandant of the encampment of La Conreria . :— - * . " SENOR, • • `'.` TlattrodPs under ..my command indefatigable, the braVb OffieerninxiOus to engage the enemy, and .unmindful of haVing already been for "(.5 successive days fightingi'ne sooner heard yesterday morning, .that the . eneiny;Was on the heights of San Geronimo de la Murtia, than they all contended for the pre ference of being ;'Selehed to• chastise the temerity and pride of the invincible troops of the-Corsican , Don F. Xicola and Don N. Trabal were. chosen for this purpose, retaining two companies with me, to observe the movements and to assist in case of need. This was unnecessary, since the above named, as soon as they discovered the enemy, attacked him, disregarding, with a valour natural to .Spaniards, the sharp fire which he maintained. .At length 'they overthrew him, and compelled him to so disgraceful and precipitate a flight, that he was obliged to avail himself of the recesses of these mountains, to hide, in :some degree, his shameful retreat, which ' was executed in the utmost disorder, being pursued to the highroad to Barcelona. The result of this brilliant affair is, .that the enemy left some killed and ten wounded on the field of battle, among them an Offi cer dangerously; on / Our side, we have not had the slightest misfortune. . ," FRANCISCO DE DEU;" (The above is followed branother dispatch from the same Officer, detailing another affair which took place on the heights of Monmalo the following day, wherein t he enemy lost 15 killed, and 25 wounded; and afterwards retreated to San Andres). Twenty-seven individuals in the Canton of Zu rich have been inculpated; bY a 'the confessions of Dr. Schneider, of keeping up a communication with the Tyrolean - and Vorarlian peasantry, and trans mitting . them supplies of money, powder, &c.— Many of the accused individuals are extremely wealt by. CLIELMSFORD."-A. female swindler went into a draper's shop in this town on Friday last, 'and hav pufthased a gown, tendered a note in payment, which had the appearance, upon slight examination, to be of the value of 51. and drawn upon the old Hull bank, Not having change at band, the note was sent Out to obtain it. The gentleman to whom it was tendered for that purpose, alike deceived with his neighbour,' gave its supposed value in small notes, and laid it aside, for the_ to trausa6t some other, business, which being done, he again took up the note, when, to his great surprise, he bad given 51. for a note which was drawn for Five 'Pence, and by the Firm Of C,a, Shave, Dress and Co. Alarmed for the safety of hisfriend, he immediately returned the note, but sutlicient tinie . had elapstxl; he found him cut, shaved, and dressed, the Woman, hating - obtained her change, had left the shop with ff.iTll3.trgairt . ; fortunately, however; she was over takiji rand _upon an . explanation,- the money and goods were restored, but, we are sorry to say, that she wai suffered to depart without the punishment the 'atteMpt to•defraud se richlydestivedi 'MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. , Yesterday , ibe..Sessions commenced. beford:WlL, 1.4 k, MAlNwAitivo, Esq..and the Beach of Magia trates. THE KING V. THOMAS HERBERT. . The, prosecutOr in this .case was Lieutenant-Co lonel Vigoreux, of his Majesty's service ; the de fendant a Cotton Merchant, residing at Dowgate Hill, London. • The circumstances proved by Lieut.-Colonel 1, - "i 7 goreux were, shortly these :—The Prosecutor, who resides at Chiswick, was, on the 22th of •May,l'erSt., on horseback, upon his way towards 'London, about the dusk of the evening e and on the proper side of the road. He was overtaken by the defendant, -ac companied by two other persow,,in a gig ; and sud denly found .both himself and his horse lashed by the thong of the defendant's whip, accompanied with the compliment of ‘.‘ Dunn you and your horse, why don't you get out of the Wzly ?"—The Colonel himself has been for some time crippled in one of his lower limbs, by a musket ball in his knee, received in battle, and not yet extracted ; and his horse, starting at the blow, plunged excessively, and nearly unhorsed his rider : an event which, .had it occurred, might have seriously endangered his life. Before the Colonel had time to recover the sur prise' of the first salute, the defendant bad driven on his vehicle to a considerable distance. The Co lonel followed, and on coming up, required to know, Why those', men had insulted.him without provOca lien, and insisted, upon being informed of the de- Tendant's.address, giving at the same time his own address. For a considerable time he received no an swer; but after repeating his demand several times, another of the persons in the gig answered, it was a mistake, and no bairn was intended. The Colonel replied, " He had been insulted groSsly, and must have the defendant's address."— The defendant, instead of giving it, became most grossly abusive, called the. Colonel " rascal, scoun drel, and shabby blackguard." The Colonel, how ever, still followed him close, insisting upon know ing his,name ; and after repeated demands, the de fendant said, ",My name is Captain Herbert, and I live in the city." " That will not do," said Col. Vigiareux, " I must have your address." The de, fendant, however, declined this,' and redoubled his speed, continuing as he went oft to repeat his abuse. The Colonel persevered in his pursuit ancl demand until he reached the turnpike-gate at Kensington. Thete the gig stopped, and the defendant turned about and repeatedly struck the Cotonel - several blows with his whip, and then resumed his speed; still the Colonel followed, andon reaching the gate at Hyde-park Corner, he called out to the gate keeper to stop, the gig. The _defendant, however, drove furiously past hiM ; but stopping at about 20 yards distance, waited.till the Colonel came up, and then renewed his abuse... He gOt out of his gig, challenged him to-fight with fists, and attempted to drag him from 'his horse. colonel V. in vain re peated his former assertion, 'that he was disabled - by a musket shot'in his knee. Encouraged by this in formation, the Captain defendant said, " Then I will give.you a d—d geed licking;" and then . repeatedly laid his ivhip,with a dexterous hand, over the head and shoulders of the Colonel ;'after which he Mount ed his vehicle, and drove rapidly into town, closely pursued by the Colonel ; who, as often as he closed with the gig, received a . blOw of the whip on his head or .face. , He, nevertheless, followed the de fendant inthcover, under a gateWcy upon DOwgate hill. there the defendant alighted, again abused the Plaintiff in the vilest language, and ,again chall.4ged him to box. This challenge, - however, th. 2, Colonel .again declined. But the defendant, by way of al ternative, swore he would give him the greatest thrashing he ever had in his life, and agOtti beat him with his whip on ev=ery point of contact he could he could reach. Tired of using the thong, lie turil , ed the handle, and would have probably finished hiS man; b u t for the interference of - the surrounding crowd, who rescued the Colonel from his violence. Such were the grounds' of ibis- proseeution ; no circumstance of which being contradieled by a tit tle of evidence, the Jury found the defendant Guilty ; ancithe Court, after it Suitable leeture the defendant upon the peculiar and most wanton atrocity of his offence, sentenced hint to a fine of 501. and three months imprisonment in his Majesty's gaol of Newgate. We are concerned to find \ the beauteou's Miss HARRIET WILSON iS about to leave London, on a visit to her friends in the Metropolis of Ireland. But we,Sincerely: hope we may be blessed with her re appearance, when the season of gaiety re-commences. A chemist, named Moer, was lately tried at Dres-' den for obtaining large sums of money, from a Count GOURL.AND, UOder pretence of putting hiin in pos session of the ingredients used by the ancient Egyp tians .in.embalming dead bodies. Be bad asserted that - he himself was the discoverer and exclusive Possessor of this secret, and so tar. imposed on the credulity of the Count, that he obtained unlitnite,d authority to dnw upon his banker to perfeCt his dis covery. ,Possessing some chemical knowledge, and great plausibility of 'manner, he hazarded some ex periments-, the results of which still further increas ed the confidence of his patron, who not only con veyed to him a Valuable estate, sufficient to Main tain an equipage and ,establiShthent of servants, but projected a closer union with him by giving hith his daughter, an only child, in marriage, .with the whole of his estates. &fore ; however, these in tentions could be carried into effeet, Count Gov't- LAND died, and his heirs at law, no ways sati,fied with the disposition of his property, instituted a suit against Moer, and exhibited undoubted proofs of his being a visionary,, not only recovered the es tates begneathed to . him 'by. his deceased patron,_ but obtatned against him a sentence of ihearcekation for life. On. Sunday evening, as Mr: Shale, of Clipstune street, was returning tram a visit to a friend, at Bea consfield, accompanied by Mrs. Shale and two chil dren, in a double-seated one-horse chaise, the horse jibbed .in the Kilburne-road, and ran the vehitle into a deep ditch. The chaise Was completely up set, and Mrs. S. and one of the children who was riding with her in the, bick seat, were removed to a neighbouring house in a senseles6" state, and both are expeded not to stirvive their fraetures. Mr. Shale and the baiet child escaped by jumping out, in do tlie,l4ttet brae its leg at tho ancic. . • , rf POLICL, UNION-ItA!..L, DEC. 4.- 7 -11Iori_f ecav a 4e,: t . pedlar, was, charged on suspicion of steAng watch-case, the property Of Jams F l oulet: a travel, ling pyeman. It appeared that the pyetnau tin) course of his peregrination, Ititd frequently „me l t the prisoner, and admired the glittering . trear. contained its his show box ; arraraigs' t other artizileLi were some fashionable watch-keys, which particu larly attra6ted his attention,, and he determined to become the purchase? of one of them accor2- ingly gave his watch • to the prisoner, to have op:" fitted to it. In the mean time a custom , _ - caire up to purchase' some pies,. and he received the watc4 back again from the prisoner, • and pur it in!,, pocket . ; the prisoner walked aes4 it till two hours alter that, on taking out his walch-, discovered That the prisoner had forgotten to . .return the outside case. lie Was fully committed for trial. MANsioN-FiQuqE,.- IPm.Bolans, a dc' and clta;alb' . , man,, charged with being concerned wn h •ot hers itt 'stealing some valuable philosOPhical instrument,: and weat ing apparel, was re-examined. It ai,,p ea . the Prisoner . had Pawned the artioks- at a shop in. the city which he had used, and at which he had made his demands :in writing, which were answered in the same way. The prisoner pretended to hav e : re ceived the property from a sit anger, Who tihe could norproduce. He was therefore fully committed fu t. The price of Bread was advaimnl today iJ. -Ter' peck the quariern loaf will be is. 41(1. - , Dupuis., who is stated it ' th9,last accodnt.s fr , rri the 'Ealtico have seduced a•D.inish Pritteet;s, is by birth a Swiss. He is a ,very handsr)rne and accorn, plished man, about 40 years Of age. In the ,year 1795- he visited Stockholm, where he 'was tuga,;e f as Maitre&la chapelle,du Rol, and Ballet Nl.thier. A few years a4er, 'having acTiired coopetetir knowledge in the Swedish language, Iteappeared iii 'the National Qperas.His singing,4nci ading so 6 o , rendered him a great favourite ie the Swedish capital,, particularly with the fair sex. In the year i so 3, he was invited to a dinner given . by some the Swedish partizans of Buonaparte. Dupuis, who did .not fail to attend, entered with zeal 'into the spit it of the 'entertainment. - He' sang some revoin•ionary songs (which were, indeed, „of , that description, which would have subjeded him to imprisonment even at Paris), and drank the• health of t he Tyrant of France, In consequence of thiS conduct,. he got into disgrace •at Court, and was. rdered . to 'Stockholm. in a few days. .Great interest. was employed to prevent . his departure. . Per4ons of ail ranks exere,i them •4elves in. his favour, but the King , . appeared int,••i; orable e However, he was permiited to hay.e _a, b,Ate , fit at. the Theatre. previous to his devari ure. 'King was there, and had a pardon tor 'him in ins pocket, which he intended should -have been :read aloud by a herald on , the stage, but untotrunately for Dupuis, the over-zeal of his friends prevented. it. The after-piece was a. translation of the Fteocii Opera La Petit Alatelot,• which charaMer was played by Dupuis. In the course of tile dialoetie the sailor's lover says,to him, " .4nd are you, re: it}' going away.?'' to which he replies, `f No, I am not, 1 shall stay with you." This t h,e audienco, mediately seized,, and there was a ,general burst of applause from every part of . the house, -which was a very unusual circumstance at the Theatre hi stock. 7 hohn, as there the' only applauds, or testifies iis disapprobation, the Boxes never taking any part. — ;The King was very much dissatisfied with to a l e,. plause,,and said, loud enough to be heard,—" show my Stihjeas that I am not to be diaated to by them:" COnsequently Dupuis was obliged to'qtet Stockholm, and, went to Copenhagen. Theie he_ soon got the satne.situation as, that which, he.ba..l quitted. He . was appointed Ballet ;Master, .41aitr cle.laChapelk. to the King; arid also a Perforrner iu the. Opera. When the English . .bombarded dopert bagen„ t a corps of Volunteers was raised, all „the Members of which equipped themselves at their own expence. Dupuis was appointed Sous Officer of that corps, and conducted himself throughout, ei Partizan, with great ability/ When`the Court re- - t turned to the capital, Dupuis' conduel. was, very much extolled, and he was appointed Major of the Corps, and enjoyed at CoFenhagen the smile favours from every class of people as.had preiiously been be , stowed on him at Stockholm. He is Married •to 4 Danish:Avon:ram The Princess: with whom he had the intrigue is not handsome, but her husband is a Very accomplished, amiable man, and only 23 yeart of age. The, pugilistic contest betWixt.NichollS and tich , man the black, will take place next. week for 200 guineas. Nicholls,is the conqu,..,ror of. Crib ; which latter has beaten the black, but Crib was a novice ai the science when he fought Nicholls.• FIRE:--On Thursday morning, about one o'ClOck4 Bristol was alarmed by one of the most awful con flagrations it has for many years experienced; and which for a time threatened wide and extensiVe ruin; The 'fire..was first discovered in the corn and .flour warehouses of MessrS: Young, in Lewitis ,Mead some of the machinery of'the steam engine attached .to the concern is suppoSed to have taken fire; which was wholly destroyed; together with some thousand quarters of corn and flour. The adjoining prernist-S of Messrs. George and. Co. have also been materially damaged. A waggon load of bread; in res'dioet,i for the Frenchprisoners at, Stapleton, was fortutiate;- ly preserved.. The loss sustained on this lamentable occasion, is estimated at upwards ,of t 20,0001. Thi cause of the catasttolihe is at present unynown - ; Three French prisonet-& are now confined in f)!yi mouth-Dock prison, charged with forging total and Bank of England notes, on board the Genereui pri; • son-ship in Hamoaze; one of them has turned ;.-vi dence-against the others. The notes xt, el) executed .as not to be distinguished front good onesi' except on ayery close examination. ; .They had rub;, bed a penny-piece dOwn to a smooth surface, ..and on that cut . the Governna ent stamp for, the notes. • At a very t'Aitnerou4 and -..reseLbble mtethig the inhabitants of St., Andrew, Holboitt,, at theit Precinct Meeting held yesterday et , uning,: , at the I.n. quest Rontri, R 6. E VES, alld t . „ Wir. POttreruir.x, (in the Place - of Comn, he having declined on account of, were unanimously returned to the; Waidmote ) at Coamon Ccancilaien-tor tlw year . . I i